Anyone going to Kelly Flood’s “Girls Night Out” to celebrate the end of the legislative session? We hear she’s holding it in Larry Clark’s suite at the Capitol Plaza Hotel. So you know it’ll be tons of fun (haha). [Various Reports]
We told you there was likely to be a special legislative session. Greg Stumbo now hints at it. [WFPL]
Remembering Dann Byck. [Page One]
Read his official obituary in the Courier-Journal. [Dann's Obit]
Know and love Dann? Then give back: Donations in Dann’s name may be made to the Idea Festival at IdeaFestival: The Dann Byck Opportunity Fund, P.O. Box 1049, Lexington, KY 40588-1049 or The Fund for the Arts at 623 W. Main Street, Louisville, KY 40202, or Hosparus of Louisville, 3532 Ephraim McDowell Dr. Louisville, KY 40205.
Mitch McConnell says no one wants President Barack Obama to fail. [Bloomberg]
Apparently, Kentucky citizens really do have a say in the legislature. [Stephenie Steitzer]
Best line about Louisville Metro government all week: “If it doesn’t appear to you that Metro government, as a whole, is dragging its collective feet on a tougher ethics ordinance for itself, it should.” [Mark Hebert]
The House Appropriations and Revenue Committee will discuss the slots bill tomorrow. [C-J]
Carmichael’s in Louisville wins PW’s Bookseller of the Year award. [Publisher's Weekly]
Gary “Tapp Tapp” Tapp is afraid of discernible turgidity in public. Oh noes! [Page One Flashback]
What’s the hold up with the road plan? Are things going to change? Something doesn’t smell right. [Bluegrass Politics]
Another faux Jim Bunning apology. This time for using profanity with reporters on Tuesday. What a circus. [WKYT]
Attorney General Jack Conway on addition funding for prosecutors: “Prosecutors have furloughed employees for up to three weeks, frozen salaries, and reduced staff to meet their budgets while continuing to protect communities across the Commonwealth. Prosecutors have acted responsibly by taking steps to help their offices meet the budgetary crisis, and I appreciate legislators providing money that is desperately needed to move cases through the courts. I hope Gov. Beshear will see fit to do all he can to ensure that our justice system continues to function adequately.” [Press Release]
Is Frankfort telling the horse industry to drop dead? [Paulick Report]
Guess Sarah Palin didn’t want that baby around a meth lab. [Gawker]






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1 Jinx // Mar 11, 2009 at 6:00 pm
Right all the prosecutors acted with fiscal integrity. I bet that includes Matthew Leveridge who not only got a DUI this weekend but is allowed by PAC to flout nepotism rules by hiring his wife as a part time attorney in his office.
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